BOUTSCOUT
Matchup deep-dive

Cortavious Romious vs.
Gaston Bolanos

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-2-0 Cortavious Romious · UFC
3-2-0 Gaston Bolanos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-2-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32.6
AgeΔ 1.3 yrs
33.9
5'4"
HeightΔ 3"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
16
Layoff (months)Δ 14.5 mo
1.5
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Cortavious Romious hunts takedowns — 3.78 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Cortavious Romious owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Gaston Bolanos rarely shoots — 0.75 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Cortavious Romious

Full career not yet synced for Cortavious Romious — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Gaston Bolanos

Full career not yet synced for Gaston Bolanos — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

281.18/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2363.91/min · norm 3.52
974.08/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2143.54/min · norm 3.58
40.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.4%
34.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Cortavious Romious

Distance 94.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 6.5%)

Gaston Bolanos

Distance 86.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Cortavious Romious

Head 81.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)

Gaston Bolanos

Head 62.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Romious L/AAccBantamweight med Bolanos L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 25 / 65 38.5% 39.0% 191 / 428 44.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.7% 10 / 13 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 35 / 55 63.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 56 33.9% 34.9% 104 / 312 33.3% 34.9%
To the body 4 / 7 too few to rate 66.8% 68 / 100 68.0% 66.8%
To the legs 5 / 6 too few to rate 79.4% 64 / 84 76.2% 79.4%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Romious L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Bolanos L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 68 52.9% 39.3% 187 / 437 42.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 9 / 10 too few to rate 70.4% 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 52 / 71 73.2% 72.4% 14 / 19 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 112 57.1% 34.9% 171 / 412 41.5% 34.9%
To the body 21 / 25 84.0% 66.0% 38 / 51 74.5% 66.0%
To the legs 12 / 12 too few to rate 79.1% 5 / 10 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

666.7% acc · 3.78/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.12
233.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1250.0% def · norm 66.7%
8:2135.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
6:3110.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
10:076:22 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
20:535:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Bolanos has more cage time on record.

Next move

Let the engine settle it.